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I've been paid as a programmer since 1982 with experience in Pascal, and C++ (both self-taught), and began writing Windows programs in 1991 using Visual C++ and MFC. In the 2nd half of 2007, I started writing C# Windows Forms and ASP.Net applications, and have since done WPF, Silverlight, WCF, web services, and Windows services.

My weakest point is that my moments of clarity are too brief to hold a meaningful conversation that requires more than 30 seconds to complete. Thankfully, grunts of agreement are all that is required to conduct most discussions without committing to any particular belief system.

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I ask that the people who came here from the previous thread ("Why You Don't Like Me") please refrain from using this thread to say things like "Nothing", and similar puerile little gestures. Afterall, I've given you a podium for your feelings, and the thread topics should guide even those with the dimmist of wits to the correct thread.

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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

Well, I'm bored so what the hell. I am often very entertained by your posts. Though I find I often have different views on some subjects, I always thought you have, at least, thought out your opinions on things... you're not just belching up crap you've heard from other people. I can respect anyone that's able to articulate and then maintain their own beliefs and not change just because they happen to be unpopular.

The fact that after you pissed me off once when I was a newbie egotistic CPian (at least I'm not a newbie anymore), I got to know you better through your posts and discovered that you're a likeable, intelligent human being, and that you remind me of me more than I'd like to admit (and probably you would too!).

Marc

Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian GrausEvery line of code is a liability - Taka MuraokaMicrosoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"

You act like the little devil in my head ... you write things that I will not write ... but I might think and believe in some once in a while.

And you still have a sense of good measure, you offer more than just witty remarks and (as some people say) insults. Good Articles, and comments ( the "CListCtrl - one of the Blonde classes in MFC" and the water cooled stuff come to mind )

Like most people, you pissed me off the first time you responded to one of my posts. But it helped me laugh at myself and realize not to take myself too seriously. Plus, you are quite amusing and truthful at times.

You know how to call a spade, a f*cking shovel. Especially when it is warranted. And to those who compain when you use it to beat someone over the head, likely they need a good whack as well.

Chris Meech

"what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002.

"Microsoft hasn't ever enforced its patents. Apparently they keep them for defensive reasons only. Or, they could be waiting 'til they have a critical mass of patents, enforce them all at once and win the game of Risk that they're playing with the world." Chris Sells Feb 18, 2003.

I'm truthfully shocked that this thread is far out-pacing the other one, especially after last week. Of course, it's still early, and my biggest fans haven't yet stepped up with their comments. Damn these time zone issues...

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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

Among other things, I like that you're clever enough to label these two threads in such a way that someone can respond positively without actually saying, "I like John Simmons", while forcing people who want to respond negatively to clearly indicate, "I don't like John Simmons".

John

"We want to be alone when we hear too many words and we feel alone when it has been a while since anyone has spoken to us." Paul David Tripp -- War of Words

* Wow, I see other people are taking these two threads seriously. You should get your own show Simmons. The John Simmons Show; Where you get not to vent your anger at your amnesiac, lesbian step-mother who was born in a trailer park but at John Simmons himself. First up we have Jerry Springer to give John some tips on how to start a chair throwing, hair pulling fight.

Paul WatsonBluegrassCape Town, South Africa

Chris Losinger wrote:i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer

I thought Geraldo had the famous chair throwing incident. He got is nose broken.

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"The money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its rule by preying upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is concentrated in a few hands and the Republic destroyed."
-- Abraham Lincoln